Recalling the very first moments when Nick arrived to school, onlookers say that he pulled up and his parents helped him out of their regular car. It was a struggle.

And when Chardon sees a struggle, together they look for a solution.

It was then that Chardon School District Communications Director Ellen Ondrey got a call about a contest.

There has been so much excitement about all of this that the website has actually crashed from all of that traffic and from hackers.

But at last check, Nick had more than 12,000 votes, putting him in the top 10 percent which he needs to make it to the next level, where a committee will decide which three people get one of three different vehicles.